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From: Thorsten Blum <blum@kernel.org>
To: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>,
	Olivia Mackall <olivia@selenic.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	Amos Kong <akong@redhat.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <blum@kernel.org>,
	virtualization@lists.linux.dev, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] hwrng: virtio - prevent use-after-free after a failed restore
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:36:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261016103640.4989-2-blum@kernel.org> (raw)

remove_common() frees the driver data during freeze, but does not clear
vdev->priv, which points to freed memory. If probe_common() then fails
during restore, a later remove or freeze can dereference the dangling
pointer.

Clear vdev->priv on the probe_common() error cleanup path and before
freeing the driver data in remove_common(). Also reset the device and
return early from remove_common() if vdev->priv is already NULL for a
safe teardown after a failed restore.

Fixes: 08e53fbdb85c ("virtio-rng: support multiple virtio-rng devices")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <blum@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
index 5e83ffa105e4..a9ff520975a7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ static int probe_common(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 err_find:
 	ida_free(&rng_index_ida, index);
 err_ida:
+	vdev->priv = NULL;
 	kfree(vi);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -198,6 +199,11 @@ static void remove_common(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtrng_info *vi = vdev->priv;
 
+	if (!vi) {
+		virtio_reset_device(vdev);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	vi->hwrng_removed = true;
 	vi->data_avail = 0;
 	vi->data_idx = 0;
@@ -207,6 +213,7 @@ static void remove_common(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	virtio_reset_device(vdev);
 	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 	ida_free(&rng_index_ida, vi->index);
+	vdev->priv = NULL;
 	kfree(vi);
 }
 

             reply	other threads:[~2026-10-16 10:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-16 10:36 Thorsten Blum [this message]
2026-10-16 10:47 ` [PATCH] hwrng: virtio - prevent use-after-free after a failed restore sashiko-bot

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